National Republican., 1887-12-24
CURRENT COMMENT.
The scintiiIstions witch Brighten Our
EXCHANGES.

Exchanges.
IS. Louis Globe. Democrat It may be said
In favor OF Higgins that his decision to re-
tire from the public service shows him TO
be man to whom the country owes more
than 1t does to Garland, at any rate.
Plttsburg Dispatch The sudden drop.
ping Of the prosecution against NJ. Wilson,
the eon-in-law OF x-President Grevy, puts
the late political revolution in France In a
very questionable light, and justifies the
suspicion Of more unscrupulous methods IN
politics there than are yet possible in this
country.
markable message President Cleveland
sent to Congress last Tuesday 10 thought
about, the drmer Is the conviction that the
country need take no trouble over II; that
its recommendations, iu so far as they i'm
ply o step t)ward free trade, will not stand
q serious chance Of being adopted.
Pittsburg Dispatch: While everything
looks like war at present, II is quite posi-
BILE that the united front OF Austria aud
Germany will induce the czar TO take the
backward route. Russia has disappointed
the people OF this country who have grain
and provisions to sell, by pacific procllvties
at the critical moment, several times before,
and II ie hardly time yet to start boom in
the wheat market.
| st. Louis Globe Democrat: It Is estimated
that there will be nearly 900 new voters
next year In New York, New Jersey, and
Indiana; and there 10 good reason TO be-
lieve that q considerable majority OF them
are disposed to support the Republican
ticket. The election VIII really be decided
| by that class Of voters Give them an unob.
| jectiopable Republican candidate and they
| will insure his success beyond doubt.
Cbicsgo Inter Ocean. It is not the read
| ing Of many books makes the wise or cul-
| tured man; II is the patient, careful, under
standing, aud oftrepeated study OF the few
| great books. Much 10 the credit Of the
| publishers is 1t, then, that they are most
willing annually to reproduce, though 10
varied forms, the works time and expert
| ence have proved the better class-and IL is
q constantly enlarging class readers
most delight In, and In which they find
most benefit
| Hartford Co,rant. Fancy the police au-
thorities Of one OF our big cities thinking It
necessary, on the occasion OF a public
| speech by O member of the Presidents
Cabinet, to barricade the hall, to guard all
the approaches to the platform, to scatter
squads OF policemen through the audience,
and, after the speech, to escort the orator
to his bed and keep watch aud ward over
his slumbers Yet that is what the police
authorities Of the great manufacturing city
OF Manchester, Lancashire, did for her
majeety's chief secretary for Ireland, and 1t
ts not at all certain that the precautions
taken were superfluous-especi 10 view
Of the defiant outspokenness and bitterness
Of Mr.. Balfour's speech.
i Chicago Mail: II any doubt as to the
lines on which the campaign of 1888 is to
be fought is still entertained by the edi-
torial free trade Mugwump brethren who
have been so lavish in the praise of Presi
dent Cleveland's anti-protectlve message
these gentlemen will do well to carefully
read the platform Of principles adopted BY
the national convention Of Republican
clubs. There is no room for uncertainty
aboutit. The convention could see nothinp
to admire In the political address which
was inflicted upon the country in the shape
of an annual message to Congress. On the
contrary, the representatives of $50 Repub
lican clubs take issue with the Presiden,
alike on the merits Of the question and or
the propriety OF delivering partisan
speech under the cloak Of au official com
munication.
New York Times, War has come to be a
matter In these days not so much of armies
as Of armed nations, and Russia, on this
side Of the Ural mountains and river ant
the Caspian sea, has population Of upward
of 95,000,000. Exclusive Of the trans
J Caucasian population there are more thar
10000, 900, and while this reckoning iuclude
Poland, even with the Vistula province
also deducted, the great empire wonlt
sun have "a, a population In Europe, e, abou M
DiDed. In the actual concentration Of thei
: troops, their railroad facilities, their mill
tary organization, and In respect to th
matter Of equipment and arms, German,
and Austria are superior; and II the forme
is apprehensive lest In war with Russi
France would attack her in the rear, yet sh
| would then have Italy to rely on, and no
improbably Great Britain also, should th
aid OF the latter be required.
Detroit 1iiJ,mo: While specific differ
| ences between the United States and Grea
Britain may be settled by arbitration b.
,, agreement between the two powers, 4
would be doubtful wisdom for tn
United States to agree to
treaty which would compel this country l.
, submit all differences to be arbitrated upo
by parties or powers perhaps more friendl
, , to Great Britain than to the United States
Chicago Tribune The bill which ha
, been introduced In the Senate by Mr.
Chandler, of New Hampshire, for regulat
ing the election OF congressman In the state
j of South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana
ana Mississippi Is II ne sminsntly line far an
the appointment by the President, with tn
consent Of the Senate, Of four supervisor
of election for each congressional distric
, In the above states, who are required &
,, subdivide the districts into sufiicien
number of voting precincts. In each Q
: these precincts the circuit court Of til
, , United States is to appoint four inspector
|, , and two poll clerks, whose duty 1t will b
to make a registration Of the voters an
: conduct tho congressional elections. Tn
: su pervisors will act as canvassing board
: receive the returns, and ascertain aud au